GPO Manager of Planning

Key Accountabilities

• Define, implement and maintain BP's project planning & scheduling best practices through standards, procedures, and guidelines
• Provide expert guidance on strategic and more detailed planning issues across the portfolio as the BP Technical Authority (TA) for project planning
• Manage and lead the Planning & Scheduling review effort on BP Group’s Value Assurance process and associated functional reviews
• Facilitate scheduled risk reviews at key stage gates, and ensure that schedule risks are identified together with mitigating actions
• Develop a strategic overview of BP's key capital projects and monitor performance against approved baselines
• Provide guidance to and assist Project teams develop fit-for-purpose plans and Schedules
• Ensure that inherent risks to the plans and schedules on all projects are identified and understood
• Work with project teams to ensure planning teams on projects are adequately resourced and trained, and establish an internal network of planners within BP
• Provide functional and first line technical support to Planning & Scheduling personnel (and users of BP's planning & scheduling software tools)
• Lead schedule claims avoidance and mitiagation efforts
• Lead role in schedule forensics; application, training
• Ensure lessons learned are fed back into the history data set for future planning